White Heron Dance (Shirasagi-no-Mai), Asakusa 2014 白鷺の舞

White Heron Dance (Shirasagi-no-Mai) performed in front of Sensoji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo on April 13, 2014 at around 3:30 pm. Also included their 2:30 pm performance on the Matsuya Dept. Store roof in Asakusa on the same day. The dance is shown in its entirety. Based on Yasaka Shrine’s white heron dance in Kyoto where it was originally performed over 1,000 years ago as a prayer to wipe out epidemics and to reap good harvests.